Sally in Sonic 1!

Hey, as a newbie to both the Retro forums and the hacking scene itself, I will introduce myself with my first project. Behold, Princess Sally Acorn in Sonic the Hedgehog 1:

Newest revision has revamped controls, Sally can't spin and is slower than Sonic, but has better jumping and acceleration:

* NICOLE Laser Attack: Press A and Sally uses NICOLE to fire a small radius laser blast which can destroy enemies and obstacles in her path. * Slide: Press Down while running to slide on the ground for a short distance. Sally can also slide under certain obstacles using this method. * Somersault Dash: Press Down and B/C while on the ground and Sally will somersault forward at a high speed. This is useful for jumping long distances.

It is a fantastically done sprite set. I wonder if you could make a sprite set for Sonic that would actually look like some of the classic artwork (Something like this)

I feel like none of the games ever capture the artwork. Sonic 3 had good sprites but they weren't trying to imitate the artwork it seems, rather they were just going for their own thing. It worked well enough but I have to wonder.

It makes me happy to see that people are still willing to do sprite-only hacks, and it indeed does look great... could I suggest getting someone else to hack the layouts though? It'll really draw more people into the hack, but upon seeing what you plan to do, I think you've probably thought of this.

It is a fantastically done sprite set. I wonder if you could make a sprite set for Sonic that would actually look like some of the classic artwork (Something like this)

*huge Sonic image*

I feel like none of the games ever capture the artwork. Sonic 3 had good sprites but they weren't trying to imitate the artwork it seems, rather they were just going for their own thing. It worked well enough but I have to wonder.

It's funny that you bring that up. I've actually got a sprite sheet of concept-art-Sonic finished, but I'm using it exclusively for my Sonic game. I might show some of the sprites off sometime (in fact, Sonic's death animation is posted in the board's Pixel Art thread), but I currently feel like surprising everyone by showing them off in a game demo.

I was hoping I could get that demo out soon, but I wanna make some really impressive first-zone levels, and I feel like I'm really struggling with that.

Anyway, those Sally sprites are by far the most impressive sprites I've ever seen! How long did that set of sprites take you to complete?